Buyer’s remorse is a real thing. As far as anyone goes, if you’ve ever shopped, you’ve probably made a bad purchase here and there. This Bored Panda thread was dedicated to the most regretful instances of buyer’s remorse. Check out what our brilliant community has submitted!
If you want to get the gist of it, here’s a summary of the thread. While many described their regretful purchases that were pretty common, like a bad tech item, some had some brilliant insights that many unexpectedly related with. Bought exercise gear that you barely use? Turns out, you’re not alone, perhaps even in the majority. Other submissions were a tad bit more strange, but all the more interesting. And, of course, there are many more truly brilliant stories that are best told by the authors themselves.
#1
A few years ago, Cadbury claimed they would stop selling their choco bars in the USA. I bought a gazillion of ’em. They’re still available in the USA and they’re fresh. Not like the evil choco-things taking up space in my pantry. As a door stop.
#2
My treadmill, elliptical, spin bike… each one with the promise to exercise more. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.
#3
A college degree. I haven’t been able to use it at all. I got BS’s (Law Enforcement and Forensic Anthropology) and a BA (Pre-Law). Couldn’t get a job. Then went back to a Community College for an Associates of Applied Science in Accounting. Now working for an international firm making the most money I’ve ever earned. Wish I’d known before wasting all that money.
#4
An air fryer that I’ve used once in 6 months.
#5
I bought a tablet around 5 years ago thinking I will use it for work. I used it a few times out of curiosity but never used it for work as it wasn’t efficient at all for me. It’s just too small for work and movies, and that’s basically all I use my computer for. So it ended up being an expensive useless purchase I still have on my shelf collecting dust. It wasn’t touched for a few years. I should have sold it or donated it but here we are.
#6
A Time Share. Worst idea in the world. Can’t use it and can’t get rid of it. Costing thousands a year in fees.
#7
My first tattoo. I walked in and picked a piece of flash off the wall featuring a Chinese word that (you guessed it) was badly translated. Every other tattoo I have has either been designed by me or I worked with the artist to design it. Technically I still have my first tattoo, I just got it covered up.
#8
In fourth grade, I bought a rabbit pelt on a field trip at Waterloo Village because it was soft. It’s definitely in the house somewhere. Yes, I’m an animal lover and it hurts me a bit to see it.
#9
When I was in my mid twenties, I was single and had a good paying job. Mind you this was in the 1990s. I went to dillards and bought this genuine leather jacket that cost around $500. I wore it maybe 6 times because I didn’t want to get it wet but it couldn’t keep me warm at all. I still have it in my closet just sitting there, reminding me of how stupid I was to purchase it.
#10
This one time I brought an iPad case from Amazon as an early birthday present. I really loved it. Then about a week later I had my birthday party. My mum told all her friends about the case I loved, no about a third of them bought it. Since it was $45 I was touched, but now I had four iPad cases and no one I knew had an iPad except me!
#11
My truck. Couldn’t drive it within 30 min of purchase. Spent $10,000 on it in 14 months.
#12
Does an unfinished degree count? I’m still paying off the loans so it’s still hanging over me..
#13
The iPad/iPhone chargers that hardly even function.
#14
Workout equipments😅
#15
50 beanie babies. Still want more.
#16
NVIDIA 3D glasses before VR was still fiction. Used them twice and never again since the glasses were too heavy for my nose. The pain wasn’t worth the slight 3D…
#17
Not me but my mom. Shoutout to metro.
She needed a new phone and bought a new anderoid. The manager charged her $532 and gave her headphones she didnt even want. Then my mom went home and did the math. It only cost $432. We gave up on trying to sue because unless the cameras caught the scam on tape we would have no evicence
#18
An $88 karaoke machine I bought from Walmart 5 years ago. We never get to use it as we live in an apartment and the times we have tried using it the quality is no better than the kids karaoke toy my daughter had. Plastic mic, music significantly lowers when you add your voice but as soon as you stop it the music goes loud creating a disorienting pitch problem. Apparently you can add lyrics displayed on the TV but I was never able to figure it out. It’s been just sitting there for years. It’s better worth the money to go out to my favourite karaoke joint…. how I miss going out to karaoke.
#19
I got these hair clips/ties off Amazon and they are to big and we’re made of plastic (the pictures looked like they were metal and the description didn’t say) but yeah I spent 15$ on junk and I see them every day on my shelf :D
#20
Idk if it counts but a crappy tattoo that has not aged well.
#21
Happy meal Toys. What do I do with them?
And the little cheap useless toys at the the cash register.
#22
A house! The mortgage is killing me! Only 20 years to go before it is mine and will be paying almost double in total than what I ‘bought’ it for.
€200k was the price, will have paid 380k when I’m done…. And the house is worth 350 now. (And that’ll buy me 75% of the space on the current market)
#23
An Elmo toy— scares the crap out of me
#24
An I phone 6.
#25
A 350-euro Samsung phone. It cracked its screen on its own after one week when the alarm went off on vibrate mode on an uneven table. I never replaced the screen but I use it for international calls.
#26
About €500 worth of hair weaves. I keep changing my hair color so I can no longer wear them since they don’t match my actual hair color anymore and have to get a new one made. Such a waste…
#27
A $400.00 piece of art that I could have paid maybe $30.00 for the poster print.
Don’t get me wrong; beautiful piece but $400.00!?
#28
Very expensive hiking boots… but I’m going to return them 😉
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